Poultry handling method



Aug. 7, 1945. I c. B. FRANZ v 2,381,044

I POULTRY HANDLING METHOD Filed May 11, 1545 CUT and PHCK wnsl-l Patented Aug. 7, 1945 POULTRY HANDLING METHOD Chester B. Franz, Brentwood, Mo., assignor of one-half to Barker Poultry Equipment Company, a corporation of Iowa Application May 11, 1943, Serial No. 486,514

. 1 Claim.

My invention relates to, a poultry handling method. I

One object of my invention is to provide a poultry handling method whereby the poultry, in

a po try dressing establishment, may be hung on shac les on an endless'conveyor and subjected to the various necessary operations, including, if desired, killing, slack scalding, examination and evisceration,-without the removal of the birds from the shackles on the convey r.

More particularly it is my ob ect to arrange a second conveyor of the type having pans so that a stretch of that conveyor will be so located that birds supported on shackles from a main conveyor may rest on pans without removal from the shackles, in convenient position for examination and evisceration.

A detail of my operation involves an arrangement of the parts so that when the birds are in,

the pans, the shackles will be so spaced from the pans that the. legs of the birds are held conven iently raised.

reference numeral to indicate generally an endless conveyor of the overhead type. Supported on this conveyor by chains I I are shackles l2, each of which is adapted to support a bird |3 by the legs. This is a standard structure of the kind illustrated in Onorato and Weinaug Patent No. 2,210,377 and need not be further described -Another detail lies in the synchronization of the pans and shackles so that they travel ,to-

gether for the operations on the pans.

It is my purpose to provide a method whereb.

the birds are hung'on shackles on a conveyor and the desired operations are performed without removal of the carcasses from the conveyor.

With these and other objects inview, my invention consists in theperformance of my 1111-, proved method, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein;

Figure l is a plan view showing in diagramin detail.

."In an installation illustrative of my invention,

the birds may be hung on the conveyor at station A and killed at station 23; They may then pass to a slack scalder l4 and may be subjected to the' picking and pinning operations at C-C. At D I have shown a pan conveyor; This may broadly consist of a main frame l5, as shown in Figure 2,-

supported on them; as shown in Figure 2.

At present the birds are lifted manually and placed on the pans. I contemplate however providing means whereby the birds will be automaticallyplaced on the pans as the conveyors travel. The upper stretch of pans is so located with relation to the shackles l2 that the shackles function to hold the legs of the bird raised for facilitating examination and evisceration. Platforms It are arranged alongside the conveyor D matical fashion, the, arrangement of the apparatus with which my method may be practiced.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure l.

It has been the practice heretofore in poultry houses, which, dress large numbers of birds, to

- and from the pan conveyor to work tables.

The method heretofore followed has always involved the use of the necessary labor to carry out the work in the manner above described. My

substantialsaving in labor and reduction in the number of handling's to which each bird is sub- 1 r I for convenience in examining and eviscerating the birds. I

On the conveyor D the birds are examined by the inspectors'and those which are condemned may be removed from the shackles and conveyor. The operators, usually women, can carry on that part of the evis'ceration which involves the opening of the bird, the removal of the entrails and 'giblets. At station E the entrails are thrown' down intoa waste receiver, and at station F the giblets are slid down a chute l9 onto a receivkill and pick the [birds and then remove them out removing the birds from the shackles or the main conveyor. It may be. mentionedthat the mg table 20, where they may be sorted and cleaned. All this work on the pans is done withpan conveyor-D has means 102 washing and Improved apparatus and method will involve. a I

cleaning the conveyor as theunder-stretch of it is returned.

At'stations G I provide washing means and any desired operation on the birds can be performed. as' they travel along on the conveyor Ill between the washing stations. At H the birdsare drained. Alongside the conveyor I071 prov 'vide the cutting and packing table 2|. In the accompanying drawing I have used the It Will be Seen t by mm 0! the pp r tus hereinbeiore' described, the various objects hereinbei'ore mentioned can be conveniently accomplishedand my improved method can be practiced. Particularly the birds maybe opened and the entrails and giblets removed while the birds are resting on pans which are convenient for such operations, and for receiving blood and waste, and all this can be done without removal of the birds from the endless conveyor II, and thereby I accomplish that saving in labor to which I have heretofore referred. 4

It will of course be understood that the showi ing of apparatus herein is illustrative only and that changes may be made in the structure and while additionally separately supported for advancement at the same speed for a stretch of travel for convenient evisceration.

CHESTER B. FRANZ. 

